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# Re: ethics discussion

- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 09:07:35 PST
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- cc: boyken@cs.uiowa.edu
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    The ethics for me lies only in the welcome message. If I go onto a MOO
    and it's wide-open with @snoop and such, I think it's reasonable to know
    about this in advance (or shortly thereafter). I assume, maybe wrongly,
    that I'm not being listened to, mail's not being read, etc. Newbies are
    likely to make this assumption even more, since they're not aware that
    these things are possible. And at least for newbies (I'm much more wary
    at the moment) damage can be done - people discuss everything from per-
    sonal affairs to business on the MOOs, and sometimes for example stu-
    dents will be asked to come into one or another for discussion. If it's
    going to be all the way around a buyer beware discussion, then that
    should be known as a general condition of MOOing, which it's not. Even on
    a talker for example, I found myself and a friend being listened to, and
    was taken completely by surprise.

    Alan

    ( http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/~spoons/internet_txt.html
    Images at http://www.cs.unca.edu/~davidson/pix/ )

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